1997-1998

Level 1 NCCP Technical Coaching Clinics were held October 18/19 and December 6/7, Level 2 was held November 15/16
Ringette Canada made it mandatory for all participants to wear a "Ringette" facemask (type 5 or 6)
An NSIP clinic was held in July 1997 with 20 attendees.
Ringette Calgary nominated Beth Veale for the Alberta Coaching and Officiating Recognition Award
Ice was billed at $107 per hour
Mandatory coaches meetings were held October 8 and October 9, 1997
Ringette Calgary funded a program to supply an instructor to Calgary schools for Gym Ringette instruction.
The referee assignor was Donna Knight
Northwest Ringette held their first Silent Auction, Dinner and Dance November 21, 1997
The Alberta Winter Games were held in Red Deer from February 19-22, 1998
Pam Timanson was chosen to officiate at the Tween AA Western Canadian Championships
Robyn Schweitzer was chosen to offficate at the Canadian Ringette Championships
The AA banquet was held Saturday, April 25th.

Division	City Champions	Silver Medalists
Novice A	Bow View Bullets	Northwest Demons
Novice B	Northwest Speeding Bullets	Northwest Mighty Tigers
Petite A	Northwest Swoosh	Northwest Jolt (Provincials - Bronze)
Petite B	South Calgary Ice (Provincials - Bronze)	Bow View Stingers
Tween A	Northwest Geckos (Provincials - Bronze)	Bow View Ice
Tween B	South Calgary Avalanche (Provincials - Gold)	Bow View Coyotes
Junior A	Northwest Snipers (Provincials - Gold)	Bow View Sabotage (Provincials - Silver)
Junior B	Northwest Screamers (Provincials - Bronze)	Northwest Ice
Belle A	Bow View Energy (Provincials - Silver)	Properties Falcons
Deb A	South Calgary Giants (Provincials - Gold)	Bow View Bullets
Int A	West Hillhurst US (Provincials - Gold)	Triwood Tradition (Provincials - Silver)

Executive:/td>
President	Laura Webb
Past President	Lucie Anne Ingoldsby
VP Administration	Louise McGrath
VP League	Randall Jarosz
VP Technical	Beth Veale
VP Publicity	Kim Arndt
VP Finance	Diana Mele
VP Zone 3	Filomena Hoar

Directors:
EGRT Liaison	Laura Webb
Bingo Director	Clint Tippett
Casino Director	Iveah Hutchison
C.R.R.A. Rep	Jennifer Irving
Player Development	Jeannette Whelen
Coaching Development	Chris Belan
Ice Scheduling	Iveah Hutchison Sue Palmer
AA Rep	Gary Laviolette
Bow View Rep	Angie Rea
Northwest Rep	Shelia Moore
South Calgary Rep	Jan Handby
Properties Rep	Jim Hepburn

Staff:
Administration	Marlayne Brandsgard
Accountant	Merrill Booth

The 12th annual Esso Golden Ring was held Jan. 23-25, 1998 and hosted Bunny through Intermediate.

There were 158 teams competing in 16 divisions

The 1998 Esso Golden Ring:

The tournament was sponsored for the 12th year by Imperial Oil Limited.
Teams from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba took part in the three-day competition. In addition to the 68 Calgary teams there were 71 teams from other parts of Alberta, and 19 out of province teams - 7 from British Columbia, 11 from Saskatchewan and 1 from Manitoba.
A total of 177 applications were received from teams with hopes of securing a spot in the tournament - over 150 of those were presented on the opening day for applications. Regretfully, we were unable to accommodate 19 of those teams.
Play took place at 18 arenas, a total of 24 ice surfaces with the first game commencing at 7:00 am on Friday, January 23, and the last game ending at 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 25.
The "take home" souvenir which the 1998 Esso Golden Ring committee provided to all players, coaches, and officials, was a skate towel, imprinted with the Esso Golden Ring logo, Graf Canada logo, and the slogan "GOALS. They count in Ringette, they count in life". In addition bunnie teams received juice after their first game.
All bunny teams received participation medals for their friendship series.
New committee member Lorie Aksenchuk, along with Robyn Schweitzer were responsible for the task of scheduling officials for the 319 tournament games.
This year for the first time, a referee social was held on Thursday, January 22. At this time officials picked up their packages and went over tournament rules and expectations, as well as socializing to get to know each other.
In an ongoing attempt to promote sportsmanship and to foster friendship, the Esso Golden Ring Hospitality Night was held on Friday, January 23. The informal function, provided free of charge to all participants was held at the Village Square Leisure Centre. Activities included crafts, kareoke, face painting, games, and lots of food.
The addition of a system for coaches to retreive game scores and standings (Telus Voice Mailboxes) was used. This eliminated the frenzy in the control centre and worked extremel

ESSO GOLDEN RING Champions were:
	Gold	Silver
Novice A	Calgary NW Demons	Calgary NW Ringer Stingers
Novice B	Medicine Hat Raiders	Fort Sask Mall Kodiaks
Petite A	Calgary NW Jolt	Calgary NW Swoosh
Petite B	Calgary NW Killer Whales	St. Albert Cosmic Cosmos
Tween AA	Edmonton Surge	Calgary Speed
Tween A	Calgary NW Girls in Black	Lacombe Tazmanian Devils
Tween B	Regina Renegades	South Calgary Avalanche
Junior AA	Zone 5 Black Gold	Calgary Impact
Junior A	Medicine Hat Ice Hawks	Calgary NW Snipers
Junior B	Lacombe Wildcats	Rockyford Ringers
Belle AA	Regina Bandits	Lower Mainland Belle Allstars
Belle A	Rockyford Ringers	Edmonton Idlwylde Angels
Deb/Int AA	Edmonton Flash Deb AA	Edmonton Intermediate AA
Deb A	South Calgary Giants	Edmonton Fulton Rebels
Int A	Calgary West Hillhurst Us	Calgary Triwood Gladiators

NW PETITE B KILLER WHALES
Back Row: Morgan Klimosko, Janelle McMillan, Megan Gaska, Amanda Taylor
Middle Row: Rob Birkholz (asst Coach), Brenda Jasper (mgr), Alli Aquart, Erin Barnes, Heather Gaska, Bob Barnes (coach), Mike Grant (asst coach)
Front Row: Natalie Masuda, Kaitlin Young, Kali Taylor, Karen Jasper, Kristina Birkholz, Chelsea Provencher, Leah Grant
Missing: Dawn McLean (asst coach)

NW TWEEN B STORM
Back Row: Amie Barnes, Rebecca McNeil, Brittany Boutin
Middle Row: Bernie Boutin (asst Coach), Nikki Mangan, Robyn Aiello, Cecile DeGagne,
Rob DeGagne (asst Coach)
Front Row: Maia Aquart, Emily Schmaltz, Kathleen Restoule, Tawny Poelzer, Allison Snowden, Lauren Redgate, Melanie Smith
Missing: Arienne Poelzer (coach), Bob Barnes (asst Coach), Judy Smith (mgr)

PSA RINGETTE BELLES FALCONS - City Finalists
Back Row:Dale Humphreys (asst coach), Linnea Spence, Kelly Campbell, Julie Walker, Lauren Fillies, Melissa Humphreys, Shelly Newby, Lonnie Krahn (coach)
Front Row: Tara Swan, Kendra Boharski, Brandy Krahn, Renee McLeod, Tara Babin
Missing: Lil Walker (mgr), Kelly Hemaway, Kevin Gillies (asst coach)

Calgary Belle AA

Tournament Committee:
Laura Webb	Marlene Jensen
Iveah Hutchison	Diana Mele
Lucie Anne Ingoldsby	Dennis McGrath
Leslie Haworth	Archie Mann
Rose Anne Mutrie	Kari Hendricks
Jennifer Irving	Laurie Aksenchuk
Jack Marsh	Betty Crosby
Kim Arndt	John Mader
Jocelyne Tippett	John Jackson
Tanis Humphrey	Vera Ilsley
Larraine Ryan	Debbie Hickerty
Paula DiFruscia

Ringette Calgary History

City Champions 1997-98

Calgary’s AA Teams

AA Provincial Results:

Esso Golden Ring

The 1998 Esso Golden Ring:

ESSO GOLDEN RING Champions were: